Directions: Write a composition entitled My Views on Examination. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:
1. 大學(xué)都用考試來衡量學(xué)生的成繢
2. 考試可能帶來的副作用
3. 我對(duì)考試的看法
【經(jīng)典范文】
My Views on Examination
Nowadays the examination is used as a chief means of deciding whether a student succeeds or fails in mastering a particular subject in most colleges and universities. Although it is efficient, its side effects are also enormous.
On the one hand, examinations lower the standards of teaching. Since teachers are often judged by examination results, they are reduced to training their students in exam techniques. Nosubjectsjcan.be taught successfullywith jjntenttojtake.examinations. On the other hand, the most undesirable effect is that examinations encourage bad study habits. A the examinations corejis the only criterion for his academic performance students driven to memorize mechanically rather than to think creatively.
In fact, few of us admit that examinations can contribute anything really important to the students’ academic development. If that is the case, why cannot we make a change and devise something more efficient and reliable than examinations? (153 words)
【譯文賞析】 我對(duì)考試的看法
現(xiàn)在在大多數(shù)學(xué)院和大學(xué)，考試被用來衡量學(xué)生在學(xué)習(xí)某門課程上 是成功還是失敗的主要方法。雖然這很有效，但它也有很大的副作用。
一方面，考試降低了教學(xué)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。由于經(jīng)常通過考試成績來評(píng)判老師， 他們就會(huì)降低要求至只訓(xùn)練學(xué)生的考試技巧。以參加考試為目標(biāo)的話， 沒有課程能被成功地教授。另一方面，最有害的影響就是，考試助長了 學(xué)生不好的學(xué)習(xí)習(xí)慣。由于考試成績是評(píng)斷他學(xué)習(xí)表現(xiàn)的唯一標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，學(xué) 生被迫機(jī)械地記憶，而不是進(jìn)行創(chuàng)造性的思考。
事實(shí)上，我們中很少有人承認(rèn)考試對(duì)學(xué)生學(xué)業(yè)的發(fā)展有任何真正重 要的作用。如果真的是這樣的話，為什么我們不做個(gè)改變，設(shè)計(jì)出一些 比考試更有效更可靠的東西呢?
【詞匯表達(dá)亮點(diǎn)】
chief adj.主要的 criterion n.標(biāo)準(zhǔn)
master v.掌握 mechanically adv.機(jī)械地
side effect 副作用 creatively adv.創(chuàng)造性地
enormous adj.巨大的 contribute to 為 做貢獻(xiàn)
intent n.意圖，意向 devise v. 設(shè)計(jì)
